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bgr_489082 - SICILY - MENAINON Trias

SICILY - MENAINON Trias VF
100.00 €(Approx. 104.00$ | 83.00£)
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Type : Trias
Date: c. 210 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile, Ménainon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine marron superficielle
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Hubert Lanz et de la collection de Laurent F

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête barbue d’Héraklès (Hercule) à droite ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse description : Massue à droite ; devant, trois globules posés verticalement ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : MENA/INWN
Reverse translation : (de Ménainon).

Commentary


Poids léger. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background


SICILY - MENAINON

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

The city of Ménainon, located near Catania was founded in 459 BC It was mostly a subject city of Syracuse until the Roman conquest at the time of the Second Punic War in 210 BC.

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